Stalin
The Court of the Red Tsar
$22.95
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize
This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader and Russian tsar.
Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals in captivating detail the fear and betrayal, privilege and debauchery, family life and murderous cruelty of this …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474614818 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474614817 |
| Author: | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 44mm |
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Critics Review
One of the two outstanding books of the year … the most civilised and elegant chronicle of brutality and ruthlessness I have ever read, its prose cool and clear but never indifferent - Daily Telegraph
Horrific, revelatory and sobering … triumph of research and should be required reading in Russia. Book of the Year - Observer
This grim masterpiece, shot through with lashes of black humour … The personal details are riveting - Mail on Sunday
Fascinating … [Montefiore] concentrates, as any good historian should, on pushing forward the boundaries of our knowledge of the subject … [He] provides rich detail of daily life and family relationships in a world of human values turned inside out … scrupulously fair in the way he describes Stalin’s qualities - including his ability to charm, his uncanny grasp of geopolitical issues, his brilliant handling of foreign statesmen and his genuine passion for literature - Sunday Times
About The Author
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore is the internationally bestselling author of a number of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages. CATHERINE THE GREAT & POTEMKIN was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR won the BBA History Book of the Year Prize; YOUNG STALIN won the Costa Biography Award, the LA Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique; JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY won the JBC Book of the Year Prize and the Wenjin Book Prize in China; THE ROMANOVS: 1613-1918 won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize. He is the author of the Moscow Trilogy of novels: SASHENKA, RED SKY AT NOON and ONE NIGHT IN WINTER, which won the Political Fiction Book of the Year Award. He is also the author of WRITTEN IN HISTORY: LETTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD and the forthcoming VOICES OF HISTORY: SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.
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